The big news in real-time strategy circles recently was genre leader Starcraft II going free-to-play (to an extent). However, at the other end of the market Starfall Tactics is steadily progressing with last week marking the end of a ten-day NPC Factions Test event. This…
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Dan’s gaming habit began in the 1980s with the NES and since joining Kickstarter in 2014 he’s backed over 100 crowdfunded projects - more than half of which were for video games. Hailing from the UK, he also writes for BrashGames.co.uk
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After a fairly dismal Kickstarter attempt in November 2015 there was more bad news for the developers of Sociable Soccer when its October 12th launch on Steam Early Access suffered a last minute-delay. However that turned out to only be a temporary setback as the…
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You may have missed it, but on September 12th, Kickstarter announced they were officially open to creators from Japan. Considering this news was initially teased over four months ago, I was beginning to think it was never going to happen. But now it finally has,…
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Two-man French development studio Dark Screen Games have gone for the crowdfunding approach for their upcoming brawler, featuring characters from a large variety of recent indie titles. The Fig campaign for Bounty Battle is seeking $30,000 and if successful will see fighters from games ranging…
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Redout made it’s E3 debut in 2016 ahead of a PC release, but the big news in 2017 is that the futuristic racing game is coming to consoles. August 29th will see Redout: Lightspeed Edition released on Xbox One and PS4, with a Switch version…
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What in the world is Megaton Rainfall? That’s a good question, particularly as there’s been a noticeable lack of news on this title since it impressed at numerous indie events almost two years ago. Essentially it’s a first-person superhero simulator, allowing you to zip around…
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The crowdfunding campaign for Phoenix Point may have been running for nearly six weeks, but developer Snapshot Games have waited until the final 48 hours to unveil an eight-minute gameplay video. The turn-based strategy game from original XCOM creator Julian Gollop has long since passed…
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Despite a disappointing Kickstarter campaign for Dragon Bros back in November 2016, Space Lizard Studios have now achieved success as the run & gun shooter was released on both PC and Xbox One on 31st May 2017. But as with many indie titles the next…
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Some major changes have taken place within the Square Enix Collective over the past few months. Chief among these was the announcement that, for the foreseeable future, they would no longer be supporting Kickstarter campaigns. Admittedly, only some of the 100+ game pitches that were…
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Interceptor Entertainment had been pretty quiet since their ‘90s-era’ platformer Rad Rodgers: World One launched on PC in December 2016. Backers who’d pledged for a PS4 edition were starting to get worried, especially as updates had been frequent up until then. But two updates in…
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The fact Unholy Night: The Darkness Hunter is a game for the SNES, a 25-year old console, isn’t big news. After all there have been several Kickstarter campaigns for retired consoles in recent memory. What is a little stranger is that this retro fighting game…
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You wouldn’t know that survival-adventure RPG Impact Winter was an unsuccessful Kickstarter project. Despite falling short with their crowdfunding effort in late 2014, UK developer Mojo Bones ploughed ahead anyway. Impressively, they’ve now partnered with Bandai Namco Entertainment for a worldwide release. Not only that,…
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Daymare: 1998 had been shaping up to be an authentic tribute to classic survival horror games of the 1990s. But there was one aspect that felt distinctly modern – the camera viewpoint. The over-the-shoulder perspective had been in vogue since Resident Evil 4, but several backers had expressed…
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Arcade shoot ’em Hyper Sentinel first hit Kickstarter in mid-2016 but despite a promising campaign it ultimately failed. However the development team actively asked supporters what they could have done better and have now bounced back with a new campaign featuring a whole raft of…
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With under a week left and less than 2% of the $30,000 target raised, it’s safe to say The Ambassador Kickstarter has failed. Considering it’s been nearly three weeks since the solitary update from creator Ryan Throw he’s presumably conceded defeat as well. But as he’s…
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As the Kickstarter campaign for U MAD BRO? limps towards the finishing line, the stats don’t make for pleasant reading. $66 pledged. 6 backers. 0 comments. 0 updates. Did this indie platformer deserve better, or is the result fully justified? [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlKslH08UMM[/embedyt] Well the first…
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